The Hobart City Mission has distributed the following goods and gifts this Christmas: Groceries and meat to 169 families; 40 tons firewood amongst 160 families; 30 casos ...
Article : 292 wordsALTHOUGH the programme of rowing events at the 86th annual New Norfolk regatta yesterday had to be curtailed because of a serious accident to racing boats while being towed from Hobart, a crowd of between 11,000 and 12,000 ...
Article : 689 wordsAll patients in the Royal Hobart Hospital received Christmas gifts. The picture shows inmates of the children's section being handed toys by Matron Cockayne. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsChristmas celebrations were held in Hobart hospitals on Christmas Day. and patients received presents from Christmas trees. At the Royal Hobart Hospital the party was ...
Article : 442 wordsThe wedding of Gwendolene Georgina, youngest daughter of Mrs. G. V. Frost, South Springfield, and Guy Tasman, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Stanley. Avoca, took place ...
Article : 190 wordsThe weather was ideal at Mowbray yesterday for the Tasmanian Turf Club's Guineas meeting, and the crowd was one of the largest for some years. Mrs. W. R. ...
Article : 389 wordsBrilliant sunshine on Christmas Day and Boxing Day made holiday conditions excellent for outdoor activities. A hot northerly wind on Christmas Day made conditions ...
Article : 252 wordsWilliam J. Quinn (25), unmarried, was killed when travelling by motor-cycle from Golden Valley to Bracknell on Wednesday. A motorist found the body near the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,354 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—A gown of ivory slipper satin and marquisette was worn by Mary Isabel Linton, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Linton. South Springfield ...
Article : 135 wordsMr. T. Andrews (left), who has been associated with New Norfolk Regatta for 50 years, and who rowed in 1881, talking yesterday to Mr. R. C. Ryan, secretary of the regatta. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 36 wordsBush fires have increased in the Deloraine district in the past few days. In the Needles section 100 cords of pulpwood, the properly of Mr. N. Anderson, were burned, and in the ...
Article : 92 wordsPONTVILLE.—The annual Christmas night ball organised by Mr. L. Hoare in aid of St. Mathew's Roman Catholic Church was held in the Pontville Hall. Mr. P. McShane ...
Article : 116 wordsEach of the 55 boys at the Ashley Home for Boys, Deloraine, on Christmas Day received[?] parcel from Father Christmas. The afternoon was spent swimming in the ...
Article : 70 wordsMRS. HARRY C. TUTING Who was married at Christ Church, Longford, on Monday. The bride formerly was Miss ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsDARWIN, Thursdny.—Christmas in Darwin was the most gloomy on record. Becauso of the meningitis epidemic, all festivities were cancelled. With the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 564 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Three women and a man were rescued by firemen from a city residential about 4.30 a.m. today following a fierce blaze in one of the ...
Article : 108 wordsA BABY boy was born in a car which had crashed through a bridge and dropped 10ft. into a gully on the Gatton-Mt. Sylvia Rd. on ...
Article : 88 wordsPERTH, Thursday.—Indications that the by-election for Swan in the House of Representatives probably would be won by Mr. T. W. Marwick, one of the two ...
Article : 86 wordsAlthough entries were fewer the tennis was of a good standard at the tournament conducted by the Huon Association at Huonville yesterday. Only two finals—the ...
Article : 486 wordsThe Bishop of Tasmania (the Rt. Rev. Dr. R. S. Hay) visited the Macquarie Plains Church of English parish and conducted confirmation services at Gretna, Bushy Park and ...
Article : 83 wordsCharles Harold Rawnsley (21), of Tunnel, who was struck by a motor-cycle at Scottsdale about ll p.m. on Tuesday, died soon after admittance to hospital. ...
Article : 90 wordsMALTA, Thursday.—Groat crowds cheered the British Fleet, including the battleship Warspite, flying the flag of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, ...
Article : 73 wordsMany holiday visitors at Bridport have shown interest in a whale which was stranded last week on East Beach. The whale is 84 feet long, and it is believed that it was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 43 wordsThe opening meeting of the Tasmanian Keswick Convention was held on Christmas Day, when the message was given by the Rev. D. W. Smith, who spoke on the Cross ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 370 wordsSacrifice was the price that must be paid to establish again the reign of righteousness and peace on earth, said the Bishop ot Tasmania (the Rt. Rev. Dr. R. S. Hay) in his ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 27 Dec 1940, Page 4
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